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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...

, an Inner

London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...

, has responsibility for some of the parks and open spaces within its boundaries. Most of them are relatively small: many are the typical ''London square'', built to service the houses around that square. Two of the larger open spaces both form part of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, being those at Brompton and

Kensal Green Kensal Green is an area in north-west London. It lies mainly in the London Borough of Brent, with a small part to the south within Kensington and Chelsea. Kensal Green is located on the Harrow Road, about miles from Charing Cross. To the w ...

. The parks are policed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police. Some of the other open spaces in the Borough are: * Addison Gardens * Albert Bridge Garden * Alec Clifton-Taylor Memorial Gardens * Alexander Square (North and South) * All Saints Churchyard and St Thomas More Gardens * Allen Hall Seminary Garden * Arundel and Elgin Communal Garden * Arundel and Ladbroke Gardens * Ashburn Gardens * Ashburn Place Gardens *

Avondale Park Avondale Park is a small park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, between Walmer and Sirdar Roads. It has a mix of formal gardens, sports facilities and lawns. Notably, it is home to what is believed to be Britain's ...

* Avondale Park Gardens * Barkston Gardens * Barlby Gardens * Battersea Bridge Gardens * Bina Gardens East * Bina Gardens West * Blenheim and Elgin Crescents Garden * Bolton Gardens * Chelsea Embankment Gardens * Chelsea Physic Garden * Emslie Horniman's Pleasance *

Grand Union Canal The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another ends in Birmingham, with the latter st ...

(Paddington Branch): along the towpath *

Holland Park Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that contains a street and public park of the same name. It has no official boundaries but is roughly bounded by Kensington High Street to the south, Holland Road ...

: here there is an

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centre *

Kensington Gardens Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are among the Royal Parks of London. The gardens are shared by the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and sit immediately to the west of Hyde P ...

* Kensington Memorial Park *

Little Wormwood Scrubs Little Wormwood Scrubs is a park in Kensal Green on the border of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Counter's Creek, a now subterranean stream that arises in Kensal Green flows south through the park, event ...

Lots Road Park Lot or LOT or The Lot or ''similar'' may refer to: Common meanings Areas *Land lot, an area of land *Parking lot, for automobiles *Backlot, in movie production Sets of items *Lot number, in batch production *Lot, a set of goods for sale together ...

* Ranelagh Gardens * Royal Hospital Chelsea: the grounds of which are used by the annual

Chelsea Flower Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the ''Great Spring Show'',Phil Clayton, ''The Great Temple Show'' in ''The Garden'' 2008, p.452, The Royal Horticultural Society is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural ...

Yalta Memorial Garden The Yalta Memorial Garden (or the Cromwell Gardens Triangle or Thurloe Place Gardens) is a small triangular garden in South Kensington, west London, SW7. It is in size. The garden contains '' Twelve Responses to Tragedy'' (or the ''Yalta Memori ...

: A small garden between Cromwell Gardens and

Thurloe Square Thurloe Square is a traditional garden square in South Kensington, London, England. There are private communal gardens in the centre of the square for use by the local residents. The Victoria and Albert Museum is close by to the north across ...

, SW7. It contains the ''

Twelve Responses to Tragedy ''Twelve Responses to Tragedy'', or the Yalta Memorial, is a memorial located in the Yalta Memorial Garden on Cromwell Road in South Kensington in west London. The memorial commemorates people displaced as a result of the Yalta Conference at t ...

'' memorial. The area has the additional advantage of extending into Kensington Gardens and thus neighboring

Hyde Park Hyde Park may refer to: Places England * Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London * Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds * Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield * Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester Austra ...

is one of 11 parks throughout

Greater London Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality (mathematics), inequality *Greater (film), ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record *Greater (song), "Greate ...

chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote in 2009. The park received £400,000 towards better footpaths, more lighting, refurbished public toilets and new play areas for children.''London parks get £6m for revamp''
(BBC News) accessed 10 March 2009

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